launch
/lɔnt͡ʃ/ verbo B1En español: lanzar, lancear, botar
- To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. · The navy launched another ship.
- To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground. · NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
- To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation · Our business launched a new project.
- To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation. · Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.
- To release; to put onto the market for sale
- Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin. · to launch into an argument or discussion· to launch into lavish expenditures
He/she/it launches · Pasado launched · Participio pasado launched · Forma en -ing launching
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- launch
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- launched
- Participio pasado
- launched
- Forma en -ing
- launching
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
As for Andrea, he was launched, and when he was once launched nothing stopped him.
## Chapter XVII How the Balloon Was Launched
Morrel, a sailor is attached to his ship, but still more to his life, so we did not wait to be told twice; the more so, that the ship was sinking under us, and seemed to say, ‘Get along—save yourselves.’ We soon launched the boat, and all eight of us got into it.
He was now fairly launched in that Parisian society which gives such ready access to foreigners, and treats them, not as they really are, but as they wish to be considered.
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